January 8, 2021
With the number of recorded COVID-19 cases on the island upward of 700, president of the Democratic Labour Party (DLP) Verla De Peiza is pleading with Government to put Barbados “on pause”.
De Peiza said the time had come for the Mia Mottley-led administration to restrict international flights for one week to allow health authorities to adequately test the increased local COVID-19 cases.
“The Democratic Labour Party on behalf of the people of Barbados again calls for serious consideration of a national pause. We are moving towards that anyway when one considers the number of closed establishments, and the number of citizens again working from home.
January 2, 2021
Chefette Restaurant at Six Roads, St Philip and Bryden Stokes at Barbarees Hill, St Michael, closed today as part of their precautionary measures in the wake of the possible exposure of members of their staff to the COVID-19 virus.
Following a media briefing on Friday night where the spread of the virus among members of the Barbados Prison Service and the Barbados Defence Force was revealed by Government, managing director of Cheffete Restaurants Ryan Haloute issued a press release indicating that management was assessing the implications of a situation where a staff member from the Six Roads outlet had attended a bus crawl on Boxing Day (last Saturday), which has been associated with a sudden spike in the instances of positive tests for the virus.
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A bus crawl attended by officers of the Barbados Prison Service and the Barbados Defence Force on December 26 is being considered by Government as a super spreader of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Barbados.
So said Minister of Health and Wellness Jeffrey Bostic during a live Press Conference at Ilaro Court, which began after 8 p.m. today. He noted that 17 prison officers and four BDF officers attended the bus crawl.
Bostic had announced yesterday during a press conference that of ten new positive cases of COVID-19 recorded then, two were prison officers.
Aggressive contact tracing was started last night and will be completed by tomorrow, Bostic said tonight.
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The prison officer who was accused of bringing contraband into
Dodds Prisons has been reinstated and her attorney is demanding a public apology as well as financial compensation for the damage done to her reputation and other losses.
On September 23, this year, Magistrate Elwood Watts, sitting at the District “C” Magistrates’ Court, dismissed the case which Prison Authorities brought against Cathy-Ann Blunte, a prison officer with 14 years’ experience, who was charged with taking five bottles of tattoo ink – prohibited items – into
HMP Dodds on August 22, 2019, without lawful authority.
When contacted, lead attorney Michael Lashley QC, who represented Blunte along with Simon Clarke and Lizanne Nelson, said that earlier this month, Blunte, a Prison Officer II, received a letter from the Ministry of Home Affairs advising her
Prison service resumes virtual visits
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Family, friends, attorneys and consulates who wish to visit an inmate at HMP Dodds Prison will have an opportunity to do so, as visits have resumed virtually.
Persons may do so through the Microsoft Teams platform, and will be required to contact the Barbados Prison Service at 535-7302 or 535-7303 to schedule the video visit.
They will then receive an email from the Barbados Prison Service confirming the details of the video visit, including the visit date and time; inmate’s name and number; the visitors that have been approved to attend the video visit, and the meeting link to be used to connect to the video visit.